Students offer each other sweets after their Class 10 board exams results were posted at St Thomas School in New Delhi on May 29, 2009. Around 89 per cent of students cleared the Class X examination under Central Board of Secondary Education, marking an increase of more than a percentage point over that of last year. While 89.78 per cent girls got through the test, the pass rate of boys is 88.18 per cent, the CBSE said.The overall pass rate of 88.84 marks an increase of over one per cent over the pass rate of 87.08 per cent of last year. AFP PHOTO/ Manpreet ROMANA (Photo credit should read MANPREET ROMANA/AFP/Getty Images)